And these 47 pictures show some of those nurses, care workers and midwives that have looked after us on Teesside over the years.

In 1999, a group of nurses are pictured after the announcement of a “super hospital” for the old South Cleveland Hospital site - better known now as the James Cook University Hospital.

And in the same year, The Gazette caught up with nurses Debbie Christine and Pauline Finlay as they examined an X-Ray at the same hospital.

From the Gazette archives in 2000, nurses from Linthorpe’s Carter Bequest Hospital Jan Elliot, Alyson Evans, Rose Hedley, Trudi Donovan and Carol McArdle pose for a picture as they promoted a project which highlighted the increasing role of nurses in schools.

A new intake of Spanish nurses at James Cook were captured in 2002, while Jane Shaw and Deborah Page were snapped in Brotton Hospital.